The leader of the Scottish National Party, which made strong gains in the British election, says Prime Minister Boris Johnson has "no right" to stand in the way of a fresh independence referendum for Scotland.
Nicola Sturgeon, who is Scotland's first minister, said she will next week publish plans for a second independence vote.
The SNP won another 13 seats in the House of Commons in Thursday's election, taking the party's tally up to 48 of the total of 59 in Scotland.
Sturgeon says she will not be asking for Johnson's permission to hold another vote.
She says it is an assertion of the democratic right of the Scots to decide their future. Addressing her remarks to Johnson, she says "it is the right of the people of Scotland - and you as the leader of a defeated party in Scotland have no right to stand in the way."